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[GNU social](/social) - [Summer of Code](/social/soc/) is [organized by **Diogo Cordeiro**](https://go.diogo.site/gs-gsoc).

Mentors: [Daniel Supernault](https://github.com/dansup), [Diogo Cordeiro](https://www.diogo.site/) and [Mikael Nordfeldth](https://mmn-o.se/)

**EDITIONS**
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* [2019](/social/soc/2019)
* [2018](https://www.diogo.site/projects/GS-ActivityPub-plugin)

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## About Google Summer of Code

Google Summer of Code is a global program focused on bringing more student developers into open source software development. Students work with an open source organization on a 3 month programming project during their break from school.

[Learn more](https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/)

## GNU social will be on GSoC this summer of 2019!</h2>

GNU social is happy to announce that will be participating as a hosting project in Google Summer of Code for the second time in a row!

[Learn more](/social/soc/2019/)

<h2 id="log-of-past-successes"><a href="#log-of-past-successes">Past successes</a></h2>

<h3 id="log-of-2018-successes"><a href="#log-of-2018-successes">In 2018</a></h3>

#### [GS ActivityPub Plugin](https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2018/projects/5289876471676928/)

The tendency is that newer software will focus in the implementation of the ActivityPub Protocol (as it is newer and considered to be simpler) instead of OStatus, given that, it is important for GNU social to support it in order to stay updated and relevant in an even larger fediverse.

Proposed by [Diogo Cordeiro](https://www.diogo.site/) and mentored by [Daniel Supernault](https://github.com/dansup) and [Mikael Nordfeldth](https://mmn-o.se/).

[Technical Report](https://go.diogo.site/gsoc2018)
